Flexible fire-resisting shutter and slat therefor.



Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

E. E. MOGLOUD. FLEXIBLE PIRE RESISTING SHUTTER AND SLAT THERE? APPLICATION FILED TAH.2'7,`\'1908.

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EDWARD H. MocLoUD, or COLUMBUS, omo, assitance To THE KINNna-R MANFAC- l TUMNG COMPANY, oF COLUMBUS. oHIo. A oestrin A'rIoNKoF WEST vIReINA.

FLEXIBLE rmn-nnsrs'rms SHUTTER Alvi) sLA'r enumeran.

To all whonit may concern.'

Be it. known that I, EDWARD H. llioCLoUn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin Vand State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful improvement in Flexible Fire-'- Resisting Shutters and Slats 1`herefor, .of which the following is'via specification.` l The object. of this invention is to provide an improved construction of slat for the manufacture of flexible shutters or curtains and a shutter or curtain that shall be stro-ng andV durable and shall resistfii'e and shed water. i

The invention consists inthe constructions hereinafter described and claimed.

inthe accompanying drawings showingembodiments of the invention- Figure `l is a vertical transverse section of a slat with the connected portions, of tWofsirnilai"slats; Fig. 2 shows a. slat made of tubular form vwith a similar joint connection and Water-i shedding construction; Fig. 3 isa View similar to Fig. 1 but on a smaller scale and showing end locks-applied; Fig. 4 is a pro jection, in elevation, from Fig. 3, looking to theleft at Fig. 3.

ln Figs. 1. 3 and t the slat is indicated as formed out of a strip of sheet metal. The outer tace of the body 5 of the slat iis vertical and the upper edge or margin is bentin a direction somewhat inclined to the horizontal, as seen at. 5, and formed with a. substantially cylindrical roll 5b const-itat ing a hinge member. The lovveLedge .0r margin of the body of the strip is shown to be bent in a direction substantially varallel i tothat. ofthe bent upper edge, asyseen at 5, and With a roll 5d of cylindricallcont-our` n constituting a. hinge member, the l:y ter be` ingsomewhat open at its inner sid to permit flexing of the shutter or curtain att-he joint. Both the inclined portions 5"L and 5 project from the same side of the slat and the slats Varejoinedlby slidingr oney length- Wise i'nto another, the roll 5b fit-ting within the roll 5d. When theA slats are thus joined they can rock lfreely with reference to each` other or to the extent permitted by the contact of the inclined portions 5 and 5c of connected slats. The said inclined portgons constitute shoulders taking` Vertical thrust fand 4because of the considerable extent ot Specification ein Letters Patentu,

' shedding construction.

.thel opposite side is the exposed side or that facing the weather. The inclination of the .atented Mar. 4, i913." Application filed January 27, 1903. Serial No. 412,776.

vent ready buckling. It will be' understood, i

edges'n and 5 therefore makes a vvater- The lend lock (shown' more particularly in Figss3 and 4) comprises ahead 6 hav` ing an outline that projects beyond the ont- 'line 'of a slat and the joints of two conneet-ed slats so as to form a bearing to prevent wear of the slats in running in guiding channels. The end lock also includes a shank 6a for securing it to the body of the Slat, rivets 7 being employed for the'purpose. The end locks can be applieclto'the opposite ends of alternate slats when in the shutter orcurtai-n and they will prevent undu' longitudinal movement of Athe slats on eati other.

o form the tubular Slat shawn in Fig'. 2' I genre between the inclinedly-extending ed es 5" and 5c of a strip vbent in the man ne |shown in Fig.`1 aseeond strip of sheet meal bent'at its upper edge and provided witi a roll 8 litting Wit-hin the roll 5, and

'bent at itslower edge to engage the upper side oliV the inclined. portion-at the .lower edge 02E the strip. In the tubular Slat vthus formed there can be inserted a strip or filling of wood 9 or other material preferably of light weight adapted to retard radiation and conduction of heat. i Jforming' the tubular slat are shown to be parallel but the construct-ion in this particular can be modified as can other features within the scope of the invention. i

The form of joint herein showt; and described notl only eliectually sheds Water, but with the `same width of shoulder as compared with a horizontally standing joint the axis of the hinge is located nearer-the plane of the face of the slat. The shut-ter or curl tain, therefore, rolls more compactlyon a 100 curtain constructed of a strip of metal hav- 105 ingr its main or body portion 'standing verti. -cally and its edges bent upwardly and par# allelly therefrom in asdirection inclined to the horizont-al, said edgesl being Ifurther bent.

The vertical Walls vto form rolls each constituting; a hinginfz lll member, combined witlran added strip offset, Alroinfthe firstv lnentioneid strip and bent :it its lowel edge to fit in the acute angle :it the lower portion of said `strip and engaged at its upper edge with the bent edge of the upper portion of the first mentioned strip substantially as described. 4

A tubulaislat for n flexible shutter or curtain constructed of a strip of metal having its niain or lood)I portion standingh vertically and ita edgl'er; bent upwardly and parallell)r therefrom n a direct-ion inclined to the horizontal`r said edgeb` being` further bent to forni rolls constituting, aty the upper edge, :l portion of a hingingl iuelnbel and at itsl lower edge a hinging member combined with an added strip olset from the first' mentioned strip :1nd bent at its lower edge toward the first mentioned Strip to fit against the upper side of the bent portion of that` strip, and at its upper edge doubled with the roll at the upper edge of the first. mentioned strip to complete the hingingr nuniber at that `edge of the slut', Substair tiall) u deslfribed.

EDWARD Il. MCCLOUD.

Wi t nesses:

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